Quote Originally Posted by wesrman View Post
I think Jones is the best athlete of our era in any sport.

I think hes the most talented fighter of all time.

If it wasnt for Sugar Ray Robinsons crazy record, i would have Roy as the greatest of all time. He may be.
You can't put him as one of the best fighters, you can't put him up there with Ali, Leonard, Armstrong, Pep, Robinson, etc. not because he wasn't as good as them, but because he didn't fight enough of the right caliber of opponents to deserve it. I think he is as good as them, but he won't be in their league because of who he fought and thats valid to a degree.

Also about the athletic thing again its like a hundred meter dash, you don't need to have the fastest guys around you to be the fastest yourself. Roy Jones Jr didn't need to be fighting Hagler, Hearns, etc to change the fact htat he was a better athlete then any of them. Your competition doesn't mean shit about what kind of athlete you are.

That being said, no boxer is the top athlete in the world, and have never been the best athletes ever like Michael Vick, Usain Bolt, Wilt Chamberlain, Bo Jackson, Michael Jordan, Lebron James, Deon Sanders, etc are far more athletic then Roy Jones Jr, and they would all be better at far more sports then Roy Jones Jr would be good at. He is the best boxing athlete ever, but that is not saying much. Boxing hasn't been overly about athleticism. ALi couldn't compare to Chamberlain, Leonard wouldn't have compared to Deon Sanders, Michael JOrdan wouldn't have compared to Randy Moss, Michael Vick, L. James, Tomlinson, R. Bush, etc. Or Bo Jackson either.

I mean Michael Jordan ran a 4.3 40, he had a 42 inch vertical jump.
Michael Vick 4.27 40, 40+ vertical jump, 550 pound bench press, 650 squat, etc,etc
Wilt Chamberlain: 500 pound bench press, low 10's 100 meter dash, competitive ,at the time, Olympic level high jump.
Bo Jackson: 225 pounds 4.18 40 yard dash great at football and baseball same with Deon Sanders who ran a 4.22 40
Usain Bolt: Best 100 and 200 meter runner ever, and he has only done 100 meters this year pretty much.